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**Category:** Shell Programming and Scripting\
**Created:** [August 3, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/finding-php-html-htm-files/292815 "2011-08-03T15:17:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1
**Author:**  [@vanessafan99](https://community.unix.com/u/vanessafan99)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/finding-php-html-htm-files/292815/1 "2011-08-03T15:17:17Z")
how can i limit the output to only php, html, htm files?
i found this as one way
```nohighlight
find . -regex ".*\(php\|html\|htm\)$" -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep 'keyword'
```
and it works but is a bit slow
is there any faster way?
i tried something like this but it doesnt work:
```nohighlight
find ./ -iname "*.php" -or -iname "*.html"
```
how can i do an "or" for -name \*.php
or -name \*.htm
or -name \*.html?
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**Author:**  [@Yeaboem](https://community.unix.com/u/Yeaboem)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/finding-php-html-htm-files/292815/2 "2011-08-03T16:39:49Z")
crude attempt.. patterns not bounded by end of line.. but may work for you.
```nohighlight
find /some/path \( -name "*.php" -o -name "*.html" -o -name "*.htm" \)
```
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**Author:**  [@methyl](https://community.unix.com/u/methyl)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/finding-php-html-htm-files/292815/3 "2011-08-03T16:56:15Z")
Yeaboem's solution is correct and efficient. I might add "-type f" if you are not interested in directory names.
```nohighlight
find /some/path -type f \( -name "*.php" -o -name "*.html" -o -name "*.htm" \)
```